What is hiddify-manager?

Hiddify-Manager is a server administration panel for running a multi-user VPN and censorship-circumvention service. You install it on a server you control, and it gives you a web interface to manage users, set data and time limits per user, and configure connection methods. It is specifically designed to help people in countries with heavy internet filtering, such as Iran, China, and Russia, access the open internet. The panel supports more than 20 different connection protocols, meaning users can connect to your server in many different ways. This variety matters in censored environments because authorities often block specific protocols, and having many options makes the service harder to block completely. It also includes a Telegram proxy, letting users access Telegram even when it is blocked at the network level. On the administrative side, the software handles a lot of maintenance automatically. It backs itself up every six hours, checks for and applies software updates, and can connect to Cloudflare to help route traffic and obscure the server's location. There is also a Telegram bot interface for managing users without logging into the web panel. Each user gets a personal page where they can see how much data they have used and retrieve their connection configurations. The panel also supports multiple admin accounts with different privilege levels. The name combines the words "hidden" and "simplify," reflecting the project's goal of making censorship circumvention both harder to detect and easier to set up. The project is listed by Xray, one of the underlying tools it builds on.